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To promulgate; to publish or teach. Blackstone. Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they were promulged. Prescott.

One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown. Atterbury.

The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

The porch or vestibule of a temple.

Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees. Kane.

The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination.

A muscle which produces pronation.

Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. Milton.

In a prone manner or position.

The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.

Of or pertaining to the pronephros.

The head kidney. See under Head.

A sharp-pointed instrument. Prick it on a prong of iron. Sandys.

A hoe with prongs to break the earth.

The pronghorn.

Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.

ks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabrée, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope.

Proneness; propensity. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.

To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc. Early.